I-"Green" Destination Spa ne-Real Texas Flavour
I-Travaasa Austin iyindawo enhle yokuya endaweni ehamba phambili ye-spa kanye nendawo yokuvakasha okuhlangenwe nakho okufuna ukukucwilisa endaweni yokuvuna kwendawo. ETexas ukuthi kusho ukulenga ama-cowboys namahhashi, bedla izimbambo ezimfushane zendawo yase-Black Angus, bevakashela ipulazi futhi begibela inkunzi.
Isethelwe kumahektare angama-210 eBalcones Canyonlands Preserve, futhi ihlala e-campus enhle ejwayele ukuba yi-Crossings. Ngendawo ephakeme yezintaba kunemibono emangalisa ngempela, ikakhulukazi kusukela echibini elingenasipiliyoni e-spa.
Amakamelo okuvakasha atholakala ezakhiweni eziyisikhombisa zesitayela samapulazi aseTexas kuwo wonke umhlaba, zonke zazo ezinamabhaloni nemibono yaseTexas Hill Country.
Ingabe udla ukudla ngokungathí sina? Kuhle! Kanjalo noTravaasa Austin. Izitsha eziningi e-The Preserve, zifakwe ngaphakathi kwamakhilomitha angaba ngu-200, njengeTexas Wagyu Top Sirloin ezivela ezinkomeni ezikhuliswe eStrube Ranch. Isinkwa esinomsoco sinezinhlayiya eziqala ukufika ngo-1841. Futhi ukukhiqizwa okhethekile kuvela epulazini likaTravaasa siqu - amahektare amathathu atshalwa ama-heirloom utamatisi, i-red burgundy okra, amakhabe engolide (izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-80 zomkhiqizo), eceleni izihlahla zezithelo, ama-honeybees, nezinhlobo ezinhlanu zezinkukhu!
I-Preserve isibe indawo yokudlela yabantu bendawo. Izivakashi ze-Travaasa azidli kuphela futhi ziphuze lapha (i-cocktails iyinhle kakhulu) kodwa uthathe amakilasi okudla ukuze ujulise ulwazi lwabo lokudla. Izinsuku ezinhlanu ngesonto, ungakwazi ukuya enkulumweni yamahhala njenge-vitamix juicing, ukusebenza nge-chocolate, noma ukufaka amanzi.
Noma ungabhalisela isigaba sokupheka izandla ezingu-1 1/2, lapho ufunda ukwakha ukubhema wakho noma ukudala izigwaca eziphelele zaseTexas ne-sauce yebhayisikili, bese udla lokho okusize wenze.
Ukuhlangana kwe-Equine
Enye into eningi kakhulu ongayiphuthelwa yi-Equine Encounter yamahhashi kaTravassa, okungafani kakhulu no- Miraval's Equine Experience .
I-cowboys encane ikhuluma okuningi ngokuthi "amandla," okuba yimfihlo yokuxhumana namahhashi. Ihhashi "lifunda" noma ngabe yini obekayo, ohlakaniphile, futhi uyayiphendula. Ekugcineni, umgomo we-Equine Concounter ukuthola ihhashi ukwenza lokho okufunayo epeni elivulekile - hamba embuthanweni, ukuqondisa kabusha, njalonjalo - nge-coaching eminye evela ku-cowboys.
Ngesinye isikhathi sihamba nehhashi lethu, "elikhululekile" (hhayi emgqeni omude.) Owesifazane oyedwa ubonakala ehamba ngokuchoboza isibhamu, esithumela ihhashi ukugada nxazonke. Isibhamu singasisiza ukuthi sibonise ihhashi lokho esikufunayo, ngakho uCowboy Keith uyamcela ukuba ayibuyisele emuva, futhi ihhashi liyancipha.
Okulandelayo ngiyavuka. UJodie ubona ngikhululekile ngamahhashi futhi ngibuza ukuthi ngifuna ukuba ngendandatho yedwa, kodwa ngicela ukuba ahlale. Ngiyajabula ngenza, ngoba kunzima kunokuba kubonakale. Ngidinga ukulungiswa esikhundleni sami, okuyinto ngezinye izikhathi efika kude kakhulu futhi iphendulela u-Annie ngendlela ehlukile kulokho engikuhlosile.
Ekupheleni kokuzivocavoca, ngiphonsa isibhamu futhi ngime phakathi kwendandatho, ngilinde ukubona ukuthi ihhashi lenzani uma ngingamceli lutho kuye. UKeors uthi: "Amahhashi anzima ukulandela umuntu ozowagcina ephephile," kusho uKeith.
U-Annie uhamba ngqo kimi, unginika i-nuzzle. Khona-ke ulandela lapho ngimfulathela futhi ngihamba ngendandatho. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uyangethemba, futhi uyangamukela njengomholi. Kuyinto umuzwa omuhle.
I-Mechanical Bull
Izinkunzi ze-mechanical ekuqaleni zenzelwe ithuluzi lokuqeqesha labagibeli bezinkunzi zangempela-ukuphila ukuze zikwazi ukwenza amakhono abo - ngakho-ke aziyona ihlaya. Kule minyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa baqala ukuboniswa emiphakathini futhi badumala kwi-movie Urban Cowboy . Inkomo kaTravassa iyinhlangano engapheliyo ku-Agave Fitness Studio, kanye nemishini yokugqoka kanye nezincwadi zokubhala, kodwa itholakale kuphela ukugibela ngesikhathi samakilasi "Bull Fitness" ehleliwe.
Uma ungakwazi ngempela ukugibela le nkomo, kuyisikhathi esihle sokuzikhandla emkhathini wakho nasemathangeni angaphakathi. Ngazama, kodwa kwakunzima kunokuba kubonakale! Umfundisi wathi abantu abaningi banomphumela ofanayo nami.
Abahlali nje isikhathi eside kunamasekhondi ambalwa. Kuyo yonke iminyaka yakhe, umuntu oyedwa owayengeke aphonswe kwakuyi-equestrian ekwazile kakhulu enezintambo ezithuthukile. Ama-cowboys abahola ukugibela umzila athi ukuhamba ngokushesha kwenkunzi, kulula ukuhlala. Kubonakala sengathi i-counter-intuitive, kodwa ihamba kancane, kunzima ukuthi ihlale ingaphakathi.
I-Adventure Eningi: I-Trail Rides ne-Ziplines
Yini enye? I-"Prickly Pear Challenge Course" ehlanganisa izindonga zokukhuphuka kanye ne-zipline yezinyawo ezingu-250 ezikuthumelela phezu kwezihlahla eziqongweni. Ukuhamba okuhambayo kuhambela izivakashi ezihamba phambili ezigciniwe ezigciniwe njengeSolidago Sanctuary, lapho kunezigaba eziningi ze-yoga. Funda ngezitshalo nezilwane zasendaweni ekunyanyeni okuqondisiwe, kanye nobuciko bokuhlushwa ngokushaya umnsalo.
Indawo yokupaka yaseTexas ihlangabezana ne-Zen yokubuyela emuva, enezikhungo zokwelapha ezingu-11 (kufaka phakathi okuzizwa sengathi ubuka esibhakabhakeni esentshonalanga) Isebenzisa imikhiqizo ephilayo, yemvelo, kuhlanganise ne-Primavera ne-Anakiri imigqa yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba. Nginezinye izindlela zokwelashwa ezinkulu lapho.
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